Nebraska State Government Finances: 2004-2010
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Item	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Total Revenue	$8,348,696	$8,739,537	$9,103,340	$9,986,412	$8,387,599	$7,380,731	$10,062,763
General revenue	7,370,055	7,815,627	8,045,282	8,380,410	8,357,739	8,403,141	8,675,960
Intergovernmental revenue	2,383,391	2,502,664	2,472,030	2,532,557	2,560,819	2,770,131	3,202,752
Taxes	3,639,811	3,796,551	3,961,093	4,071,032	4,228,800	4,000,939	3,809,266
General sales	1,524,591	1,516,705	1,409,015	1,484,170	1,534,134	1,504,174	1,306,702
Selective sales	463,487	456,412	450,116	468,433	501,307	511,109	591,199
License taxes	201,921	203,197	206,804	207,013	206,783	167,014	226,944
Individual income tax	1,242,603	1,393,897	1,545,024	1,650,895	1,726,145	1,602,091	1,514,831
Corporate income tax	167,429	198,380	262,296	213,027	232,852	198,442	154,332
Other taxes	39,780	27,960	87,838	47,494	27,579	18,109	15,258
Current charges	652,712	730,256	769,908	832,978	899,022	971,723	977,868
Miscellaneous general revenue	694,141	786,156	842,251	943,843	669,098	660,348	686,074
Utility revenue	-	-	-	0	0	0	0
Liquor store revenue	-	-	-	0	0	0	0
Insurance trust revenue	978,641	923,910	1,058,058	1,606,002	29,860	-1,022,410	1,386,803
Total expenditure	6,974,335	7,239,796	7,702,325	7,829,584	8,443,129	9,034,186	9,584,493
Intergovernmental expenditure	1,695,613	1,659,130	1,721,265	1,793,817	1,981,940	2,064,173	2,192,338
Direct expenditure	5,278,722	5,580,666	5,981,060	6,035,767	6,461,189	6,970,013	7,392,155
Current operation	4,067,296	4,312,865	4,704,643	4,687,774	5,001,430	5,298,318	5,558,502
Capital outlay	652,374	703,944	690,506	696,360	766,791	926,936	805,358
Insurance benefits and repayments	334,290	339,958	344,428	398,717	418,734	485,692	768,819
Assistance and subsidies	128,728	136,835	161,539	166,229	166,235	151,017	162,136
Interest on debt	96,034	87,064	79,944	86,687	107,999	108,050	97,340
Exhibit: Salaries and wages	1,827,865	1,815,942	1,907,505	1,978,616	2,076,389	2,177,828	2,282,049
Total expenditure	6,974,335	7,239,796	7,702,325	7,829,584	8,443,129	9,034,186	9,584,493
General expenditure	6,640,045	6,899,838	7,357,894	7,430,867	8,024,395	8,548,494	8,815,674
Intergovernmental expenditure	1,695,613	1,659,130	1,721,265	1,793,817	1,981,940	2,064,173	2,192,338
Direct expenditure	4,944,432	5,240,708	5,636,629	5,637,050	6,042,455	6,484,321	6,623,336
General expenditures, by function:
Education	2,324,444	2,412,456	2,568,862	2,661,012	2,909,668	3,130,952	3,268,458
Public welfare	1,899,089	1,967,208	1,970,839	2,024,945	2,099,052	2,171,990	2,281,071
Hospitals	202,775	205,669	219,750	225,283	239,294	248,014	258,220
Health	308,713	305,084	423,275	426,557	415,172	407,012	442,495
Highways	595,128	616,226	643,779	557,579	631,028	706,424	663,162
Police protection	69,651	73,314	76,945	80,482	84,698	89,722	89,027
Correction	188,457	194,709	198,847	212,598	219,278	228,871	237,884
Natural resources	146,969	185,367	158,211	186,188	180,968	205,476	257,134
Parks and recreation	30,384	28,470	29,383	32,132	28,868	1,178	36,681
Government administration	172,600	191,939	183,585	187,943	204,921	211,647	217,554
Interest on general debt	96,034	87,064	79,944	86,687	107,999	108,050	97,340
Other and unallocable	605,801	642,332	804,474	749,461	903,449	1,009,158	966,648
Utility expenditure	-	-	3	0	0	0	0
Liquor store expenditure	-	-	-	0	0	0	0
Insurance trust expenditure	334,290	339,958	344,428	398,717	418,734	485,692	768,819
Debt at end of fiscal year	1,949,654	1,741,571	1,844,346	2,196,880	2,719,139	2,516,775	2,330,277
Cash and security holdings	10,272,986	10,556,437	11,972,516	14,349,936	14,273,196	12,371,787	12,538,295
Symbol: - zero or rounds to zero
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division, Survey of State Government Finances, 2012
by Nebraska Databook
e-mail		michael.lundeen@nebraska.gov